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Born at
Ty'n-y-ffrwd
,
Rhostryfan
, near
Caernarvon
,
4 March 1828
. When he was 10 years of age he went to
work in the quarry
, leaving it at the age of 17 to go to
Bron-y-foel school
. It is not definitely known whether he went to
Eben Fardd
's school at
Clynnog
, but he certainly went to the
Caernarvon Training College
to qualify as a
teacher
in the
Church schools
. He was a
schoolmaster
at
Clynnog
, where
Eben Fardd
was his neighbour. In
1855
he was sent to take charge of a school at
Llanfachreth, Mer.
, where he came into contact with
Ab Ithel
(q.v.)
, who was then at
Llan-ym-mawddwy
; they co-operated in
arranging eisteddfodau
in which
Glasynys
competed. He then joined the
Rev.WilliamHughes
at
Beddgelert
and probably went on to a college in
Birmingham
. He was ordained
deacon2 Dec. 1860
by the
bishop of Bangor
. He became
curate
of
Llangristiolus
,
Anglesey
, was transferred to
Llanfaethlu
in
1863
, and to
Pontlotyn, Mon.
, in the same capacity in
1866
. There his stay was short, and he moved to
Newport, Mon.
, as
joint editor
, with
Islwyn
(q.v.)
, of the newspaper
Y Glorian
. He then went to
Portmadoc
and thence to
Towyn, Mer.
He died
4 April 1870
and was buried in
Llandwrog
churchyard. He was the
author
of
Fy Oriau Hamddenol, sef, Caniadau Moesol a Difyrus, Gan Gwyndaf Hen a Chaersallwg
,
1854
;
Lleucu Llwyd
(2nd. imp.
1858
);
Yr Wyddfa: sef Gwaith barddonawl a rhyddieithol Glasynys. Dan Olygiad H. O(wen) Glaslyn. Rhifyn I …
(
1877?
);
Dafydd Llwyd; Neu Ddyddiau Cromwell
(2nd imp.
1857
);
Dafydd Gruffydd, pa beth wyt ti yn ei feddwl o'r Ddwy Fil a'r dydd hwnnw?
(3rd imp.
1894
). He wrote articles for
Y Brython
,
Baner y Groes
, and
Taliesin
, and letters to the
Herald Cymraeg
under the pseudonym ‘
Salmon Llwyd o ben Moel Tryfan
’; his short stories were published in
Cymru Fu
and some of his letters and essays in
Y Geninen
.

Sources:

References to articles on Glasynys and an appreciation of his work will be found in
Saunders Lewis
's introduction to
Straeon Glasynys detholiad
(Denbigh, 1943)
,
1943
;